2024 Solar Flare Internet Outage. It's an alarming possibility that the most pessimistic. A destructive solar storm in 1989 caused electrical blackouts across quebec for 12 hours, according to nasa, plunging millions of canadians into the dark and closing schools.

An uncommonly strong solar storm is hurtling toward earth, bringing with it the power to disrupt some communications and even produce some dazzling northern lights. A destructive solar storm in 1989 caused electrical blackouts across quebec for 12 hours, according to nasa, plunging millions of canadians into the dark and closing schools.